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Alison Marchione2021-09-23 12:42:302021-11-08 11:46:23Vermont Alpine Farm in Reading Protected ForeverConservation Solutions for
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Alison Marchione2021-09-16 11:22:022021-11-08 11:46:46The Future of Ash Trees in Vermont
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We’re a hardworking, homegrown group that depends on people like you. Over the past 34 years, we’ve protected over 500 parcels of land and more than 52,000 acres. Thousands of people have participated in these accomplishments and in the ongoing stewardship of conserved properties. It takes all of us, working together, to choose a vibrant, resilient and sustainable future for the Upper Valley — and to make it happen.
Indigenous People have cared for this land for centuries. The land that the Upper Valley Land Trust owns, conserves, and works on, and the land on which we all live, was first stewarded and cared for by indigenous people of the Abenaki Nation, a tribe of the Wabanaki Confederacy. These are the traditional, ancestral, unceded lands of Abenaki people, taken from them by violence. Current day non-indigenous people have benefited from that violence, and that is a history that we are reckoning with.
Indigenous People are not gone, they live here and are a part of the past, present, and future of our land and our communities. We know this acknowledgement is a small step in a bigger process of greater awareness of Native sovereignty and cultural rights. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the Abenaki people, past and present.
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It's #FieldNotesFriday Today Programs Director Alison is talking about an evolutionary adaptation of some deciduous trees called marcescence. Marcescence is the ability for some species of juvenile deciduous trees to retain their leaves until spring. But why? Scientists aren't sure, but their theories are all in the video.
#beech #oak #marcescense
Up on YouTube now: Last week's Lunch & Learn presentation by Kevin Tolan from @vtecostudies. Kevin taught us all about the importance of preserving habitat for ground nesting birds. It was great to have you with us Kevin! Link the the video in our bio!
#birds #groundnestingbirds #lunchandlearn #habitat #conservation
Vice President of Stewardship Jason Berard was out at Up on the Hill Conservation Area - UVLT's largest conservation area spanning three towns in New Hampshire - and found this bear sign left on a red pine. Bears of all ages and both sexes will scent mark on trees (and anything else made out of wood like sign posts and utility poles) but the majority of bear signs are made by mature males during mating season which is June and July in these parts. These marks are likely not fresh, especially because of the light brown color of the hair. Bear hair left at the scene will bleach in the sun.
Claw marks and bite marks are common, but the bite marks are deeper and generally horizontal rather than vertical. Bites leave marks that look like a dot and dash where the upper and lower canine teeth come together.
